A police spokesman said the Palestinian man had
brandished a knife and ignored calls from Border Police officers to stop before
he was shot.

Palestinian medical officials identified the man as a 23-
year-old from Hebron.

Early on Friday morning, Palestinian rioters hurled
firebombs at an civilian vehicle near Tekoa, lightly injuring two Israelis
inside. The civilians escaped from the vehicle, which was completely destroyed.
Paramedics evacuated the wounded to hospital.

Reuters and Jerusalem Post staff
contributed to this report.The IDF launched searches
for the attackers.

Also on Friday, Palestinians in Bani Naim, east of
Hebron, told the IDF that two vehicles were set alight and hate graffiti was
sprayed on a wall in their village. Security forces are investigating the
incident.

During the arrest of two security suspects in Hebron on Friday,
soldiers from the Givati infantry brigade and the Israel Police uncovered Carl
Gustav-type firearms and ammunition. IDF sappers seized the weapons.